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Massive storm slams US with snow, ice, bitter cold

A person shovels snow during a snow strom on February 7, 2021 in New York City. [AFP]

A powerful winter storm hammered the United States on Sunday, with meteorologists warning millions in the east faced blizzard conditions and some areas would see the heaviest snowfall in a decade.

More than 60 million people are in the path of the dangerous storm, set to plunge the eastern half of the United States into a deep freeze of Arctic air through Monday resulting in severe travel disruptions.

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